When Christian singer and speaker Staci Frenes learned her teenage daughter was gay, she found her dreams for the future--along with her lifelong faith--collapsing around her. Coming to terms with a new reality was a challenge--and an invitation--to make room for many things along the way: the inevitability of uncertainty, hope in the midst of loss, awkward and tough conversations, an expanding faith, and a greater understanding of how people are more the same than different.

In Love Makes Room, Frenes helps readers see that a reimagined future may look different than our old hoped-for pictures of ourselves and our families, but it can also be wider, deeper, and more fulfilling than we ever dreamed.

"I am moved by Staci Frenes’ candor in these pages, and her generosity to lay bare her personal journey of reconciling her understanding of life and faith with her daughter’s coming out. These pages are not trying to win any arguments, but are a beautiful opening to many important conversations. This book is timely for me, and is giving me language for my own journey with people I love. I want to make room. "

-Sara Groves, Singer/Songwriter
 

"When a loved one comes out, many people don't even know what to think or say. Some feel hemmed in by a religious worldview that has little to offer except moral condemnation, ultimatums, and rejection. If you are committed to understanding and loving you gay child, queer cousin, or trans neighbor, start here with Love Makes Room. The story of Staci Frenes's quest for a more expansive expression of love will help you make room in your heart for others, too. It's that simple. It's that difficult. It's that profound."

- Jonathan Merritt, award-winning author of "Learning to Speak God from Scratch"


Love Makes Room is more than one mother's journey of becoming an ally to her gay child in an evangelical world. This is a story of invitation and awakening. With tender eloquence, Staci Frenes reminds us that love's most extraordinary gift often starts so simply--by putting your ear to the chest of those you cherish most and listening deeply to their heart.

–Jennifer Knapp, singer/songwriter, author Facing The Music


“When I came out to my mom many years ago, we were both flying blind. The process was new, scary, and fraught with pitfalls for both of us. If we’d had a handbook to walk us through the emotions of that season, it would have changed everything. Thankfully, Staci Frenes has written that book. And I can't wait to see the GOOD that it's going to unleash into the world.”

- B.T. Harman, Creative Consultant & Creator of Blue Babies Pink


“The mom I was back when my son came out desperately needed the insight, honesty and wisdom that Staci’s book offers. It’s the resource I was looking for when I thought no one could possibly understand what I was going through.”

-Sara Cunningham, Founder of Free Mom Hugs